Potterne
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Potterne books (14 available)
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Potterne memories
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8 Court Hill
My mum and dad bought this house in the 70's I remember the large door on this picture, it was some sort of mill. They gutted the place (helped by brother and me on cement making duty) and made it a family home. The large door is now the garage door.
The sheds have long gone in the garden (before they bought it) but mum wanted this picture and so I have bought it for her Christmas 2007 (well the one with the crossroads and church in). Happy Christmas mum!
Contributed by Emma Day
Wiltshire memories
8 Court Hill
My mum and dad bought this house in the 70's I remember the large door on this picture, it was some sort of mill. They gutted the place (helped by brother and me on cement making duty) and made it a family home. The large door is now the garage door.
The sheds have long gone in the garden (before they bought it) but mum wanted this picture and so I have bought it for her Christmas 2007 (well the one with the crossroads and church in). Happy Christmas mum!
A memory of Potterne contributed by Emma Day
Personal Reflections
I was born in Sandleaze, Worton in 1957. I was brought up at 1 Mill Road near the Marston boundary. I remember many things about the village especially the Rose and Crown Pub and the Mill. I remember with pride the war memorial which stood outside the library hall proudly dispalying the name of my uncle Raymond Glen Whitton Henly who died during WWII. The church was quaint if I recall correctly with an archway gate of iron. I remember once my brother returning home on leave one late summers evening and walked home past the church following the brook and weir. On passing the church he swore to his dying day he saw a ...read more here
A memory of Worton contributed by Teresa Lewis
Prison Buildings by side of canal
Hello,
My name is John Ryan and I can remember Devizes when I was evacuated there in 1940 from Tilbury Essex. I was 11 years old.
I can remember where we all assembled in what I think was the Catholic school, which I believe was St Joseph's. There was about 40 of us and I happened to be the last to be picked for accommodation with a local family.
I remember the lady, her name was Phyllis Hillier and she was very kind to me as the rest of the family were. I remember going down a big hill towards the canal and crossing a small bridge and turning left down into the building which was originally a ...read more here
A memory of Devizes contributed by John Ryan
Extracts From Potterne & Wiltshire books
Next door to the Porch House
in Potterne (see next pages)
is another - newer - building.
Although this is Wiltshire, the
design is very much Cheshire in
style. The large and impressive
cruciform church tower of St
Mary’s can be seen behind the
Porch House.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
A small village just south of Devizes, Potterne still has
some famous and wonderfully ancient buildings. It was
once a manor of the Bishops of Salisbury. This is the late
15th-century timber-framed Porch House, pictured about
20 years after its last restoration.
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".
The thatched building on the left is early 17th-century wattle and daub with some brick infill, and was an alehouse called the Lamb. Adjoining it was a boot maker, and the projecting part was a separate residence.
An extract from from"Devizes Town and City Memories".
This shows a very deserted unmade road leading into town, more familiar to motorists today, who have to slow down at the top in order to join the Bath Road into Devizes. Over the years the foliage and the soil on both sides has been cut back to keep the problem of earth slippage under control.
An extract from from"Devizes Town and City Memories".
This idyllic scene could be taken straight out of a Hardy novel. Unfortunately, the cottage was demolished in 1960. The pond is on the right, hidden by the trees.
An extract from from"Devizes Town and City Memories".